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The Blue State Property Tax Blues

09/29/2008

The Tax Foundation released a study the detailed New Census Data on Property Taxes on Homeowners. An interesting fact that came out of the study was that blue states (those that voted for John Kerry in 2004) paid a higher rate of property taxes than those in red states (those that voted for George W. Bush in 2004).

The results are interesting, but I would like to see a more complete picture. Some of the states do not have income taxes, some have high tourism taxes, the gas taxes all very by state. I would like to see a breakdown of total tax obligations split among the states. Odds are the result would be remarkably similar.